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Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 8917 (Terracing: 6917, Seating: 1900, VIP seats: 100) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Norberto Beckman kicked off to start the match. Norberto Beckman struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Kirk Lafond didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Inter 1908 Milan. After 9 minutes of play, DOE FC's Marquis Frank made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chauncey Holland was left in no man's land by his defense there! 12 minutes into the match, Antwan Gallagher had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Chauncey Holland. Inter 1908 Milan's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antwan Gallagher was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The supporters of Inter 1908 Milan booed when DOE FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Johnie Loiselle didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kirk Lafond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norberto Beckman in the 24th minute of play. Inter 1908 Milan's Chauncey Holland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antwan Gallagher in the 26th minute of play. DOE FC's Kirk Lafond played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norberto Beckman in the 29th minute of play. Chauncey Holland didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from David Brochu went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The throw-in from Chung Mercer in the 34th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by DOE FC's Alain Ramsey. Inter 1908 Milan's Chauncey Holland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marquis Frank in the 36th minute of play. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Inter 1908 Milan's goalie and right to David Brochu. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Inter 1908 Milan's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 44th match minute, Inter 1908 Milan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carrol Sparks to maneuver through the defense. After the first half DOE FC were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Antwan Gallagher was the one to do the kick off. Neal Tuttle's late challenge caught a DOE FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Neal Tuttle helped the player get up and apologised. In the 52nd minute, one of Inter 1908 Milan:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Inter 1908 Milan. The referee gave DOE FC a penalty, 54 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Tyler Bowser, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Inter 1908 Milan's Chauncey Holland. 0-4. Kirk Lafond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norberto Beckman in the 63rd minute of the match. DOE FC's Kirk Lafond played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norberto Beckman in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Norberto Beckman in the 69th minute of play forced DOE FC's goalkeeper Kirk Lafond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antwan Gallagher received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Chauncey Holland came out and tried to block the shot, but Antwan Gallagher slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 77th minute. After some careless play in the Inter 1908 Milan defense, Antwan Gallagher kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Chauncey Holland. The Inter 1908 Milan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Chauncey Holland should have stopped the shot. After 86 played minutes Antwan Gallagher rounded Inter 1908 Milan's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-8. David Brochu hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. DOE FC played a much better game than Inter 1908 Milan and deserved their victory. The Inter 1908 Milan players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.